Anonymous Hacktivists Attack Sony Websites

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Sony is the latest in a long line of companies to incur the wrath
of the online hacktivist group Anonymous.

With a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks, Anonymous
launched “OpSony,” disrupting several
Sony PlayStation 3 websites last night (April 4).

The online protest is Anonymous’ retaliation for Sony’s recent
legal action against
George Hotz, a hacker who published the details of his Sony
PS3 hack last year. On March 5, a federal magistrate approved
Sony’s request to obtain IP addresses of anyone who visited
Hotz’s website, geohot.com, since 2009.

Anonymous believes Sony has gone too far. In its opening missive,
Anonymous
took the offensive, telling Sony: “You have abused the judicial
system in an attempt to censor information on how your products
work. You have victimized your own customers merely for
possessing and sharing information.”

“Now you will experience the wrath of Anonymous. You saw a
hornet's nest, and stuck your penises in it. You must face the
consequence of your actions, Anonymous style.”

The hornet’s nest phrase is a nod to a February segment on the TV
show "The Colbert Report," in which host Stephen Colbert said
that messing with Anonymous is like “sticking your penis” in a
hornet’s nest.

The consequences Anonymous warned of appear to not have taken
hold — after reporting slow traffic last night, Sony.com and
PlayStation.com are both fully operational.